Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-07-09
THE EARTH'S BOWELS.
EyEAlENeE OF FOUR MEN BURIED A
0i5ARTtR OF 4 MILE DEEP.

4 d Esshsak nu, Bit Of Machinery Between
shss. gA#.A Ama Death story OF Charles Goateh,
III, 1 k1m@ o3 zhose Caught in Chamber Of the
Il. AVA Mina When Il Was Flooded-Frayers
- xs15@sv,a hg Women During the Hours Be-
~ f1re zAA xsescns was Accomplished
.ss,a n msAa with big white hat, fian-
) sass nal slsltk. and heavy mountain su OF
y o. elassses ID sat In the readng-room Of
"a "a III fgss Hotel last evening Ho was
e. ass F4Hs inAs kind Of man. He wandered
s@al liz AIia Newspaper files. roamed over 10
= :, r. ill., sswnter tank, over 10 the cigar
,tls.' stand. md finally he sat down and
pssss AaaMM I'd smoke. Something in his
/. u, u, hapu#fauce attracted the attention Of
y ~ aaoElse. man. who happened in. and
y ahe w#lknd up to the first Individual
, ,t = AL sasl: 'Your name is Charley
IT, {s0atch II | mistake not You were
si 8 y unee III Nsrg mia City You worked in
s.o.. lha S0ushond mines, didn't you?" The
lhs usan rusa and indicated with nod Of
= rssh The AsusI ihat his qucstioner was right
n 4. Mir. Nnatch is aman Of fifty or more.
lors i Hi had worked in the Bonanza mines
!. ~ I'LL ss1sx. and was known as faithful
u Y A@FVant nt o. day for eight hours
lsas weak shfee eight.hour shifts. The
Y sss n4A who had interrupted his reyerie
1 & WIN f@aognizcd rs having been con-
g e. #Aesod Nith the Virginia City papers.
I Aad gie two sat down for a chat Mr..
Z W. fspnfsh said: "You know when the
aeds nDnanxA began 20 peter WELL then
W / went down 10 work for Superinten-
.oa4 sank Bogle al the Alta. That's away
~ aown. son know. below Gold Hlll.
~ \. saM sla Tribune's story about that old
4 II mammoth Cave in Kentucky. OF
si'a course he il wonder. never was In It.
n ~ alkhon0l I've lived half my life IN caves;
1ss TIL II DC man who wrote that story
{, 2 Nossld eomc 10 me could tell story
! &C. fhat w0nld mako his hair grayer than
~ mlnu You remember the story Of the
-n Ala AIIncs You were there"
sqsas Crest Scott were you one Of those
$50 font snsne" was asked
a.. Iaas Didn't You ever know It
: 81 Laak ~ my hair"
..'sdA 1lsu miner was. indeed, perma.
49, peAslF cray,
Z - xou Couldn't got me Into the Nam.
sssss nssssl or any other cave now" he said.
ssat III RoM1dn't go Into q mins for 81. 000.-
' "a ~ unloss could see bdcket and n
4lA:s wop8
sgss &BH Them the miner told lis story.
gess III f87a be was working in the Alta
y AzIuu. 81 Virginia city. New The
lssss nslue was an assessment propo sislon -
.s'i thai II Il was worked by contributions
- 81 esocR -holders. enforced. Of course.
isir BIZ i@w Not a dollar Of bullion had
asss' asnf esme out. vet assessments had
:, = seaa The shaft down 1850 feet and put
! - ap 4 Maui IN machinery worth $780,.
'.a fsp0 Drifts were run ono hundred
fsng 10 lnp The edge, aud nj each Of
faas tbvvs stations was commoilous
r. sAsAanber
~ s'glan Alta Mine was always full OF
aasn waEes. sad ihc miner ''she was the
s-.sa wrsteat Thing ia over worked in The
y Ii h@# 8smp thai cost $4,000. had moro
..a sA#sz aie could do without driving 10
4 ~ k~Hss Do water dosn. II was IN May.
X hu18T8 tlat blast down ON tho i. ESQ
~ nml0oarl wa,nr.pockct that drove
"a evHTYholy TO the cages They rushed
sl'e' wp glsN sbait and were all right But
4. N aDEalx seemed 10 remember little
80 sSsIIl * four men at work 10 south
ss ss0s%ent from the l.650-lcyel We
. ~ was Irwin In 10 catch tho foot-wall Of
f. sIse hage. and 10 do that We ran a
esa ban NHy upraisc. I'll just draw you
Z. " 4 lEsalN sketch hcrc TO show You what
n " Aa fun, 'ng at
.r aan SEQ tho shaft S perpendicular
"a a.Y99 fget down. Al tho 1850 station
ouF rFoss.cut goes OF on an upraise.
e. You W. the little chamber whcro we
Il Npsa NJ work. Now. when the blast
iaaa blew NJ the 1850 unlooscl the water
ana Ne Hood came Il rose so fast In
: Eisn nasn shaft that The men who knew
!. Ill about IL had hard work TO got away.
- III kaa Excitement wo were forgotten.
aFsa Abe wator rose in the shaft to 1860 in
~ 30 time and came into our crosscut.
- I'Ilu pcn on top sent down cages for
, Y a% nil before they could got there the
. 4 water washed ahead Of them.
J daI s9ust then the big pump. under all
" The Axira stain on Il, broke down, and
aver body said the four men left in the
mint would be drowned. was one
III Ahe four Bill Bcnthan was shift
boss and Jim Allen aud Phil Dough.
sysy Zero the other two. We had SGT
4 sils diamond on two drills. In tho face
d "a tEb cross.cut, when Jim Allen says:
Hts kind o. close In here. Dougher-
\ " steppcd down the delft about fifty
. fuess and ycllcdi My Col, boysi
Meter. The cross-cut is flooded, and
I ksie wa.er Is coming up an inch min.
s'sel' Bin Bcnthan jumped down the
5sseliMc, and there she was--water COM
INK % like an overlooked sewer. Bin
Hsashnn was man that never quailed
h n'@@lA. but no kind OF sidled up to mo,
! 4 Aua he sad; Goatch. wc'ro cached.
BsssaF say prayers. Somethin's wrong
Il 0M sep, and we'rc in for L.
'sls did seem just then as Il something
awful had happened. didn't know
WHIST L was. knowcd the watcr had
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